Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Volume 3 #10: The Impact of Mechanization on German Farms

Previous / NextThe Impact of Mechanization on German FarmsKaren BergstralhWhat will happen when Grantville introduces nineteenth-century farm equipment to seventeenth-century farmers? Will there be a rapid adaptation of the new machines followed by a similarly rapid increase in productivity? Will this in turn lead to an equally rapid decrease in the numbers of farm laborers? […]

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Volume 3 #8: Euterpe, Episode 2

Previous / NextEuterpe, Episode 2Enrico M. ToroTo Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ of theIllustrissimus Collegium Anglicanum in RomeFrom Maestro Giacomo Carissimi inThuringen Gardens, GrantvilleAugust 1633Very Reverend Father,I am sorry it took so long to write you again, but a journey through Europe in these days is everything but short and comfortable. Only after I reached my […]

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Volume 3 #6: Hobson’s Choice

Previous / NextHobson’s ChoiceFrancis TurnerCambridge, England1632 ADA hesitant knock at the door disturbed the summer afternoon of study and desultory argument.“Who is it?” asked Thomas Healey.The door opened and a skinny but well-dressed youth, much encumbered with baggage, stood in the dimly lit, cramped landing. Standing next to him was Jack Hobson, the college porter. […]

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Volume 3 #4: Other People’s Money

Previous / NextOther People’s MoneyGorg HuffIWhen Sarah Wendell had agreed to go out with David Bartley, it had seemed like a good idea at the time. She had totally forgotten that she was months away from her sixteenth birthday. The Wendell house rule was no dating till sixteen. Remembering that little detail hadn’t been a […]

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Volume 3 #3: The Sound of Music

Previous / NextThe Sound of MusicDavid CarricoFranz Sylwester, one-time violinist in the chapel ofthe archbishop of MainTo Friedrich Braun, journeyman instrument crafterfor Master Hans Riebeck, in MainzOn the nineteenth day of January in theyear of our Lord 1633Greetings, my friend,I am sure by now that you have despaired of hearing from your prodigal, but I […]

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Volume 3 #2: Pastor Kastenmayer’s Revenge

Previous / Next Pastor Kastenmayer’s RevengeVirginia DeMarceApril 1635Ludwig Kastenmayer would never forget the day. April 11, 1634, by the reckoning of these up-timers, who had adopted the pope’s calendar. The day that one of them had stolen his daughter. It was the worst thing that had happened to him since Count Ludwig Guenther assigned him […]

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Volume 3 #1: Postage Due

Previous / NextPostage DueEric Flint“You’ve got to be kidding.”Anne Jefferson looked around the table in the big dining room of the USE’s embassy in Amsterdam, at each of the other people sitting there. Immediately to her left sat Rebecca Abrabanel, the ambassador of the United States of Europe to the United Provinces. Sitting next to […]

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